The Irish standard., 1887-09-17
,-AspR NEWS AND NOTES.

A COOP vein of coal has been found under
the town Of Toledo. Ore.
THE American Federation of Labor is said
to have 65to. 900 members.
OF the thir1y-e States in the Union
fifteen lave labor bureaus.
SEVERAL barbea-Wire works in the West
have increased their capacity.
THE spring and axle manufacturers have
formed Il National association.
THERE is great scarcity Of cars for coke,
lumber and coal throughout the West.
WoEKISs-MES are travelling less from
place to place this year than ever before.
WHAT the Knights of Labor have lost in
some quarters they have made up in others.
So GREAT is the demand for pipe in the far
West that a factory is to be built at Pueblo.
Col.
THERE is a very heavy demand for all
kinds Of railway locomotives and car appli-
ances.
a LARGE number of Sheffield silyersmiths
are about to depart for employment in New
York City.
TIE Hart1ie foundry at Birmingham, Ala,
has shut down and locked out it's work1nen
for belonging to the Knights OF Labor.
TIE total value of hides and skins inn
ported from the United States the past
year was s2i,219,1 ,101, being s2,4S0,2l2 less
than the corresponding period one year ago.
NEW YoRK capitalists, with some Cana
dian investors, are after l50Ol square miles
Of timbered and iron-ore property in Can
ada. 1t is said that it contains a large
amount Of coal.
DURING the last year this country ex.
ported 623.71t pairs OF shoes, valued at
322,5l7'. being 69,3A9 more pairs than were
exported the preceding year, and exceeding
in total value So. 4444s.
4 GREAT many new industrial enterprises,
| large and small. are announced III North
eln Alabama. The multitude Of these en-
terprises dct.acts from the usual interest
in their announcement.
VERY few strikes are projected during
the fall The worklng-,ncn, as u rule, are
contented. and will work steadily III order
TO be prepared for any hard times that may
come during next winter.
A LARGE amount Of Illinois ilarvestin ing
machinery is now on it's way to South
America and Australia. The Illinois travel
ing agents are paying particular attention
to these far-otf markets.
THERE arc 327 blast furnaces in operation
in the United States producing 125,53o tons
per week. and BIB idle. with weekly capac-
lty Of 122,042 tons. The anthracite capacity
has increased from 336O2 tons weeklya year
ago to S5,27S.
BRITISH manufacturers are expecting to
profit very largely this fall and winter out
Of the activity III the United States. An
English company, called the Moss Bay
Company expects to move its entire works
to the United States.
THE prosperity Of the farming con,muni-
ties in the West is resulting in the building
up Of multitude of little industries near
the markets. The larger concerns III tht
leading cities are discovering competition
from these new sources. ana are putting
forth special efforts to protect their future
trade from the Little ones.
AT the recent meeting Of the representa-
| tives Of the steel rail manufacturers al
Long Branch, it was decided to continue
the allotment system, and 500, coo tons, IL
was agreed, should be the first allotreu,
for 1888. The amount will be increased
from time to time as the conditions OF The
trade demand.
THE colored Knights Of Labor in Ma"on
Ca, are moving in the matter Of an impr1~ e
ment company. There are to be two :ht',1
sand shares at s3 share, and each men n"1
is required to take two Or more. WIZ sic
| $4,000 SO raised, they are to purchase Dt
acres Of land within two miles of M:~~ n
and divide it up in half acre lots upon Wn;h
| they are to build themselves homes.